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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



encourage a constructive public attitude toward 

 the archeology of the state. 



Membership : Open to any person interested in 

 archeology. Active Members, 166; Family 

 Members, 34; Institutional Members, 12; Life 

 Members, 1 ; Supporting Members, 44 ; Con- 

 tributing Members, 3. Total membership 260. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Preliminary archeo- 

 logical research under guidance of professional 

 archeologists. 



Publications: Newsletter, ten times a year, 

 current volume: 1, free to members. Editor: C. 

 R. McGimsey III. 



390. Arkansas District Branch of the American 

 Psychiatric Association. President: Granville 

 L. Jones, Arkansas State Hospital, Little 

 Rock, Ark. Term expires April 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: William O. Young, 112^^ 

 East Seventh Street, Little Rock, Ark. Term 

 expires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1950. 



Purpose: To stimulate the study and advance 

 the interest of psychiatry. 



Membership: Open to members or fellows of 

 the American Psychiatric Association residing 

 or practicing in the state of Arkansas ; 53 full 

 members ; 3 affiliate members. 



Meetings : Quarterly. 



39L Arkansas Medical Society. President: ]. J. 

 Monfort, Batesville, Ark. Term expires April 

 19, 1961. Executive Secretary: Paul C. 

 Schaefer, P. O. Box 1345, Fort Smith, Ark. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized, Little Rock, Ark., 1875. 

 Sixty component (county), and ten district 

 societies. Committees : Aging, Annual Session, 

 Cancer Control, Hospitals, Insurance, Medical 

 Education, Medical Legislation, Public Health, 

 Public Relations, Traffic Safety, Veterans Ad- 

 ministration Affairs. 



Purpose: To organize the physicians of 

 Arkansas, improve medical education and public 

 health, maintain medical ethics, and foster rela- 

 tions among physicians. 



Membership: Requires degree of Doctor of 

 Medicine from approved medical school and 

 license to practice medicine and surgery. Total 

 membership 1,250. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Medical Education 

 Foundation for Arkansas. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume: 57, $3. Editor: Alfred Kahn, Jr., 1300 

 West 6th Street, Little Rock, Ark. 



392. Arkansas Radiological Society. President: 

 J. B. Scruggs, Arkansas Baptist Hospital, 

 Little Rock, Ark. Term expires April 1961. 

 Secretary: Charles W. Anderson, 1108^ 

 Poplar Street, Pine BlufiF, Ark. Term ex- 

 pires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1940; recognized, since 

 1955, as section of Arkansas Medical Society. 



Purpose: To promote recognition of radiology 

 as a medical specialty in Arkansas ; to exchange 

 ideas and conduct scientific programs. 



Membership: Physicians engaged in full time 

 practice of radiology. Total membership ZZ. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: D. A. Rhinehart Me- 

 morial Trophy for outstanding film exhibit at 

 annual meeting, Arkansas Society of X-ray 

 Technicians. 



393. Armed Forces Chemical Association. 2025 

 I Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. Presi- 

 dent: Wendell F. Jackson, Explosives Depart- 

 ment, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 

 Inc., Wilmington 98, Del. Term expires May 

 or June 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : O. E. 

 Roberts, Jr. Term expires May or June 1961. 



History: Organized February 6, 1946, as 

 Chemical Warfare Association ; name changed 

 to Chemical Corps Association, June 1, 1947, 

 and to present title. May 1948 ; incorporated in 

 the District of Columbia. 



Purpose: Promotion of national defense 

 through use of chemical and physical sciences. 



Membership: Open to Armed Forces Person- 

 nel and all others interested in promoting na- 

 tional defense. Individual, Group, Sustaining, 

 Student, Life members. Total membership 

 3,280. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: ROTC Student 

 Awards. 



Publications: Armed Forces Chemical Jour- 

 nal, bimonthly, current volume: 14, $6. Editor: 

 John C. MacArthur. 



394. Armed Forces Communications and Elec- 

 tronics Association. 1624 Eye Street, N. W., 

 Washington 6, D. C. President: Benjamin H. 

 Oliver, Jr., 158 State Street, Albany 1, New 

 York. Term expires June 1961. General 

 Manager: W. J. Baird. Term expires June 

 1961. 



History: Organized May 1946 as the Army 

 Signal Association ; name changed to Armed 

 Forces Communications Association in 1948 

 after unification of Armed Forces. At the re- 

 quest of the industrial members who felt that 



